'HE FITS SO HARD HE SPLIT HIS HEAD OPEN'

Sinn binned

THOSE who risk their lives for their country deserve every honour the Government can bestow.

Yet the dedicated men and women of the bomb squad in Northern Ireland have been denied medals recognising their service in case it offends Irish republicans Sinn Fein.

Civil servants would prefer that the almost daily heroics of the Army’s Ammunition Technical Officers were kept secret, rather than admit the extent of Britain’s role sustaining the fragile Northern Irish peace process.

This stinks. If our brave soldiers are putting their lives on the line it merits full and proper recognition — by the Government, Whitehall and Sinn Fein.